The top of the canyon
Close to the bottom
Looking up river
Fishing a run
The camp water
Getting re-supplied
The fish
A great trip although it was cut short because of work so only a few pictures.
Kerry, amazing pix and beautiful fish. Thanks for sharing.
John
Hey Kerry, lovely pics and a lovely fish, thanks for sharing.
Is that a ghost in the bottom left corner of the first pic or was it taken through a window? :rolleyes:
All the best.
Mike.
Mike, good eyes. That is some tall grass blowing in the wind right in front of the camera. I was using a 10mm lens and couldn’t get the tripod high enough to keep it out of the shot. I was going to remove it during editing but forgot.
Kerry,
I have been in that area briefly, your pics are great! and very nice catch.
Flyfisher121
Kerry,
I have been looking forward to this post and you didn’t disappoint. One of these years we WILL hook up out there (preferably after more time behind the wheel of a two-hander for yours truly).
Superb. You really did capture the essence of that legendary water.
Marty
Nice report and great photos. Great looking scenery, water, and fish.
- Jeff
Kerry -
That is some seriously beautiful country and water. No wonder they call it GRAND.
The pics are outstanding and actually do justice to the experience. Nice going.
John
P.S. Now … about that one hundred fish day …
Kerry,
Very, very nice. Now I’m lusting after Ronde steelies, but VEE and I will settle for Sea Run Cutts on our anniversary.
REE
Thanks Kerry, i was looking forward to the report too. Glad you had a good trip !
Cheers,
MontanaMoose
To add to the report;
We were averaging about 4 fish a day per person and we were not really fishing that hard. Most fish were hatchery fish averaging about 5 pounds. The one in the picture is a bit smaller than the average. Largest was around 10 pounds.
We were using a combination of floating lines and sink tips. One morning the gentleman in the pictures and I were fishing a run, he was using a floater and I an intermediate tip. He caught one on the floater, I got one right after his on the tip and then he followed me through with a type III tip picking up another fish. This was typical of the way we would work a run.
Flies varied from such traditional patterns such as Silver Hilton, Green Butt Skunk, Greased Liner, Black Diamond, etc., a few we made up as we went along.
Weather changed from a hot 95 degrees the day we arrived to the low 60s and cloudy. We had light sprinkles on a few occasions. Nights were mild for the most part. On one day we made a quick trip to town for ice and supplies. On that trip the temps at the top of the canyon were in the low forties. Once back down to the bottom the temps were in the low sixties. A 20 degree difference from top to bottom. Altitude difference was about 2400 feet.
Anyone have questions about the Grande Ronde and summer run steelheading, please ask and I will do my best to answer you.